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Women Unite!. - 1972.- Poster. CWMA 10-001-S5-I225.
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Women's Archives

Publishing and Racism: the conflict at The Women’s Press

The term “intersectionality” had not yet been coined in 1988, when a small publishing house in Toronto called The Women’s Press underwent a very public existential crisis.
The term “intersectionality” had not yet been coined in 1988, when a small publishing house in Toronto called The Women’s Press underwent a very public existential crisis.

June 3, 2024
Image from a news clipping about Helen Forsey and a bus ad” 10-186-S2-F21. Helen Forsey fonds. uOttawa Archives and Special collections
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Women's Archives

Helen Forsey: a Feminist Force

Helen Forsey was 34 years old when she committed her first act of civil disobedience.
Helen Forsey was 34 years old when she committed her first act of civil disobedience.

November 15, 2023
a young woman in a rocking chair, nursing an infant.
Women's Archives
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Changing views on Motherhood

Photographer Judith Lermer Crawley is among the hundreds of Canadian women and organizations whose work and records are housed in the Canadian Women’s Archives, a sweeping and ongoing collection of physical and digital artifacts, the goal of which is to bring women’s lives and contributions out of the shadows and give them their rightful place in history.
Photographer Judith Lermer Crawley is among the hundreds of Canadian women and organizations whose work and records are housed in the Canadian Women’s Archives, a sweeping and ongoing collection of physical and digital artifacts, the goal of which is to bring women’s lives and contributions out of t...

May 11, 2023
International Women’s Day (IWD) Committee at 1981 IWD demonstration in Toronto.
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Grassroots organizing of the Women’s Liberation Movement

In the summer of 1974, Judith Quinlan and Ellen Woodsworth commandeered a bright red school bus named Cora and hit the road. 
In the summer of 1974, Judith Quinlan and Ellen Woodsworth commandeered a bright red school bus named Cora and hit the road. 

November 17, 2022
Photo of a woman Ironworker
Women's Archives

Tips from the Trailblazers: Women in non-traditional careers

In the summer of 1963, Monique Frize (née Aubry) applied to study electrical engineering at the University of Ottawa.
In the summer of 1963, Monique Frize (née Aubry) applied to study electrical engineering at the University of Ottawa.

November 1, 2022
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